Casanova

Casanova is a 2005 American romantic film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo Casanova, starring Heath Ledger in the title role. The film opens with a young woman tearfully leaving her son to live with his grandmother. She promises to come back for her boy. Several years later, in 1753, in Venice, Casanova, (Heath Ledger), is notorious for his success and promiscuity with women, his adventures being represented in puppet thea... more

Casanova is a 2005 American romantic film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo Casanova, starring Heath Ledger in the title role. The film opens with a young woman tearfully leaving her son to live with his grandmother. She promises to come back for her boy. Several years later, in 1753, in Venice, Casanova, (Heath Ledger), is notorious for his success and promiscuity with women, his adventures being represented in puppet theatres around the city. The Doge, the ruler of the city, is sympathetic to Casanova, but cannot be too lenient to avoid trouble with the church. He warns Casanova that he must soon marry or he will be exiled from the city. Casanova is in love with Francesca (Sienna Miller), who writes illegal feminist books under the name of a man, Bernardo Guardi, and argues for women's rights as Dr. Giordano de Padua. However, her mother (Lena Olin) pushes her to marry Paprizzio (Oliver Platt), a rich man from Genoa whom she has never seen. When Paprizzio... less